Q6600 or E6850 ? Best mobo for Q660? - Consolidated thread

[doomed]

Well, maybe we'll need to run eleventyhundred case fans?

I seriously cracked up when I read the reply "if it isn't enough we are all doomed"

lol u want to cool the pc not tie yourself to it and launch to the moon

[louie101086]

i dont know the 6750 is looking pretty good for $183, especially with the 45nm stuff comming soon

i totally agree because for me its either go q6600 and stick with it for a couple years or buy a cheaper cpu and then upgrade when 45nm becomes available

[vegettoxp]

Hey Guys, I have started to do reviews on the Q6600, So I am guessing I am gona go with the Q6600 After all. I just had few questions:

1) Can I get the Q6600 now (Of course after Price Cut)?

2) When I order it on-line, do I need to look for something regarding this processor (Stepping I guess or something else). Or do I just order the Q6600 Period?

3) Will this processor work when I get the X38 Chipset based Motherboards Intel or Asus? (Because I plan to get the 45nm based Quad-Core Next year or so)

Thx for all the help guys!

P.S. Fusion

[David9799]

nice to see some 680i votes.

On futuremark i did not see any P35 boards using quads the board that OC the most where 680i.

[drunkcarlos]

those of you who have tried 680i, have any tried Q6600 on Asus P5N32 E-Sli Plus?

[louie101086]

1) yes
2) yes look for G0 stepping that is new best one B3 is old stepping
3) of course i dont see why not both chipset and cpu are made by intel

[Chewbenator]

unless u wanna hook up a deep fryer to your computer and cook some chicken wings while playing crysis... you dont need a 1k power supply.

I think I want a 1k power supply right now. It's hard to judge which CPU you want if you don't tell us what its for.

[crossg]

nice to see some 680i votes.

On futuremark i did not see any P35 boards using quads the board that OC the most where 680i.

I find that a bit hard to believe but possible. If there weren't any P35 boards using the quad there is now. 3D mark 06 Project details

[David9799]

I find that a bit hard to believe but possible. If there weren't any P35 boards using the quad there is now. 3D mark 06 Project details

comes up as.

The project id is not valid - please check the URL.

[crossg]

Maybe because I am using the trial version. Not sure but it comes up for me. Sorry didn't mean to hijack the thread. Here ya go. My vote goes for the P35 boards. This is a B3 quad not a G0

[Cranox]

those of you who have tried 680i, have any tried Q6600 on Asus P5N32 E-Sli Plus?

Its not a Q6600 i got , but with my QX6700 i get the fsbbug @ 310 ( luckely the multi go's till 15 )

[orion23]

Get a P35 board, but stay away from Asus.

Just read the many failure, bad experiences, threads that are everywhere concerning the Asus P35 boards / SATA and Bios issues!

[Pedro Rocha]

OK enough is enough, I count more than half a dozen of threads with same questions

- Which is best ? E6850 or Q6600
- What are the best motherboard for new G0's ?

All those threads are merged into this thread

Please post your question and answers about these in this thread.

And please use the Search funcion http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/search.php BEFORE create a new thread with questions that are already post and reposted on other topics

Thank you

[Emerica]

If/when I buy a quad I will buy an Abit IP-35 Pro with it, that is my board and processor of choice when the new G0's come out and when the price drops.

[jkresh]

Plan on moving my pw5 dh and e6600 to a secondary pc, will probably keep my 6gigs of ddr2 800 (2x1 ocz, 2x2 patriot) though might keep the ocz with the e6600, along with my water cooling setup (though I may switch the storm for an apogee gtx as storm is'int really quad friendly). Trying to decide on motherboard. Will be picking up a high end dx10 card once the next refresh is out (gforce 9800, radeon 2950xtx...) but sli/crossfire is not important. Money is int really an issue. So basically looking for high overclock, ddr2 (so I think that eliminates x38 boards and probably will buy before x38 is released anyway). Thinking of either a 680i board (if so which one?) or a p35 (again which would be the best). Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[adamsleath]

im interested to see if any "budget" x38 boards come to retail.
no frills; good fsb; little to no droop.

[ChaosMinionX]

im interested to see if any "budget" x38 boards come to retail.
no frills; good fsb; little to no droop.

Lets hope we see some x38 boards in retail within the coming month or so

[XtremeTiramisu]

What's everyone's estimate OC for G0 Q6600 on air using Thermalright Ultra120 Extream and P5K-Deluxe mobo?

I already have a golden E6700 C2D that does 3.73ghz with only 1.41v Orthos loaded so my next investment towards a new CPU will most likely going to be a quad

[michaLcoughliN]

Get a P35 board, but stay away from Asus.

Just read the many failure, bad experiences, threads that are everywhere concerning the Asus P35 boards / SATA and Bios issues!

but you yourself own an Asus motherboard?

I am so eager to buy the P5kDeluxe for my new build but Ive also seen many problems with bios flashing "going terribly to "


DFI, Abit, Gigabyte are the only other manufactures they make some decent boards. blahhh ..

[Ace-a-Rue]

What's everyone's estimate OC for G0 Q6600 on air using Thermalright Ultra120 Extream and P5K-Deluxe mobo?

I already have a golden E6700 C2D that does 3.73ghz with only 1.41v Orthos loaded so my next investment towards a new CPU will most likely going to be a quad

i am going out on a limb here but i would venture 3850 Mhz...MAYBE 3900 Mhz.

[chriskurn]

My 2 Cents:

The only problem I've had with my P5K Deluxe was a bad bios flash through windows. Which was my fault.

Otherwise ZERO problems with the P5K, and it's a superb OC'r

[doomed]

i dont see whats wrong with asus... they make great mobos... i had one of the older ones and it sill works great. ofc im upgrading now cause of the price drops.

as for all those questions, the only way to truly know what works better with a quad, what stepping, how much can you oc, go try it yourself or wait until someone does a test and see what happens.only way i see it that you can get a truthful answer

[LogAn'sRun]

i am going out on a limb here but i would venture 3850 Mhz...MAYBE 3900 Mhz.

and would that be stable 24/7?

[XtremeTiramisu]

and would that be stable 24/7?

I don't see why not but also depends on how much voltage it needs to get Orthos stable. For anyone who isn't happy with their C2D OC results that are less than 3.6ghz may find more interest in getting a E6850 as an upgrade but for rest of others including myself who has better than average C2D OC may not find this "upgrade" worthwhile and possibly risking of getting a dud that does just the same or even worse but lower in temp that's all.

If E6850 can do 3840 ~ 4000mhz with reasonable amount of volt that correspond to the given clock speed, I'd still interested in buying one thinking that it's still considered as an upgrade. It's only roughly ~100 to 270mhz difference + 1333FSB difference afterall from my golden E6700...

The other alternative would be stepping up to a different world, Q6600 G0.

[Ace-a-Rue]

and would that be stable 24/7?

i call 24/7, stable, what ever you do with the puter that does not freeze, randomly reboot or the programs close out on their own...that's my definition of stable if those things do not happen to your system

i lend very little credence to priming all the cores to see if it is stable at a certain FSB because, as one person pointed out, that does not totally guarantee you 24/7 stable.